1 Samuel 12:13 “Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, t…”

1 Samuel 12:13

Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

World English Bible

Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. Behold, the LORD has set a king over you.

American Standard Version

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for: and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Nowe therefore beholde the King whome yee haue chosen, and whome yee haue desired: loe therefore, the Lord hath set a King ouer you.

Darby Translation

And now behold, the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have asked for! and behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.

Young's Literal Translation

And, now, lo, the king whom ye have chosen — whom ye have asked! and lo, Jehovah hath placed over you a king.

Bible in Basic English

Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.

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Cross references

“behold”

1 Samuel 10:24 1 Samuel 11:15

1 Samuel 10:24 · BSB

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

1 Samuel 11:15 · BSB

So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

“whom ye”

1 Samuel 8:5 1 Samuel 9:20

1 Samuel 8:5 · BSB

“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

1 Samuel 9:20 · BSB

As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”

“have desired”

Hosea 13:11 Psalm 78:29–31 Acts 13:21

Hosea 13:11 · BSB

So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

Psalm 78:29–31 · BSB

So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.

Acts 13:21 · BSB

Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

14If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

Read 1 Samuel 12